I was trying to make a serious point about the sacrifices made by our parents and grandparents to preserve our democracy being undermined by a 34% turnout - the trivialisation is entirely Mr Johnstone's.

Adam Searle, former president of BAAPS, added: "The offer of a cosmetic surgery procedure as a prize is an awful manifestation of the trivialisation of medical care in general, and aesthetic surgery in particular.

Public condoning, denial and gross trivialisation of totalitarian crimes should be criminalised," the six foreign ministers declare, adding that "The denial of every international crime should be treated according to the same standards, to prevent favourable conditions for the rehabilitation and rebirth of totalitarian ideologies"

Nurses object to the trivialisation and gratuitous sexualisation of nursing, not least because it can risk fuelling a mistaken impression of nurses among some people, and this makes our already difficult job even more challenging.

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